romantique
French
Etymology
Formed as an adjective from Old French romanz + -ique. The noun sense is from English romantic, in turn from the French adjective.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁo.mɑ̃.tik/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɑ̃tik
Adjective
romantique (plural romantiques)
- romantic
Derived terms
- romantiquement
Descendants
- → Romanian: romantic
- → Turkish: romantik
Noun
romantique m or f by sense (plural romantiques)
- romantic
References
- Picoche, Jacqueline; Jean-Claude Rolland (2009), “Annexe IV, roman”, in Dictionnaire étymologique du français (in French), Paris: Dictionnaires Le Robert
Further reading
- “romantique”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.